Brass Music by Eitan Avitsur

The interest of Avitsur in the brass instruments goes with him all along his career. It developed from his contacts with brass players that triggered him to experiment the diverse expression possibilities, mainly those that were not so common in classical music. The works presented here are for brass quintet and brass sextet. The first brass quintet was composed in 1985 and the second in 2007. The arrangements for the sextet were written in 1997 following a commission of the composer's son, Haim (playing in this CD) for a special concert he arranged in New York.

Tracklist

1.	Brass Quintet no. 1	16:33

2.	Bela Bartok: Chords Together and Opposed (from Mikrokosmos)	1:01

3.	Bela Bartok: Staccato and Legato (from Mikrokosmos)	0:54

4.	Bela Bartok: Staccato (from Mikrokosmos)	1:03

5.	Bela Bartok: Change of Time (from Mikrokosmos)	0:49

6.	Bela Bartok: New Hungarian Folk Song (from Mikrokosmos)	1:08

7.	Bela Bartok: Peasant Dance (from Mikrokosmos)	1:23

8.	Bela Bartok: Perpetuum Mobile (from Mikrokosmos)	2:13

9.	Andre Hajdu: Double Canon in Fanfare Style (from The Milky Way)	0:45

10.	Andre Hajdu: Invention a la Country Music (from The Milky Way)	0:45

11.	Andre Hajdu: Bitonal Canon in Thirds (from The Milky Way)	0:43

12.	Andre Hajdu: Two Valses in Interference (from The Milky Way)	2:01

13.	Andre Hajdu: Canon – Tango (from The Milky Way)	1:02

14.	Brass Quintet no. 2 (1)	5:38

15.	Brass Quintet no. 2 (2)	6:05

16.	Brass Quintet no. 2 (3)	4:32

17.	Brass Quintet no. 2 (4)	4:15

18.	Brass Quintet no. 2 (5)	3:44

Credits

released January 1, 2010

Kevin Cobb - Trumpet
Thomas Hoyt - Trumpet
Karl Kramer-Johansen - French Horn
Zohar Schondorf - French Horn
Haim Avitsur - Trombone
John D. Rojak - Bass Trombone

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